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Nathan Klepacki is a senior director within the Turnaround & Restructuring practice at Accordion. He has significant experience leading underperforming companies through initiatives focused on realigning a business’s strategic plan, operational execution, and invested capital. He often assumes a senior leadership position within an underperforming company, acting as a primary driver of turnaround initiatives while […]

Richard J. Shinder is the founder and managing partner of Theatine Partners, an advisory and fiduciary services boutique based in Greenwich, Connecticut. He has nearly 30 years’ experience as an investment banker, restructuring advisor, distressed and special situations investor, and fiduciary in connection with complex restructurings and recapitalizations, special situations financings, M&A transactions, private credit, […]

Matt Beresh is a senior managing director within the Turnaround & Restructuring practice at Accordion. He has 25 years of experience providing financial and operational advisory services to distressed and underperforming clients, many of them in the hospitality sector. A trusted financial advisor and frequent interim executive, he helps clients understand root causes of their […]

John Patouhas is an associate in Seward & Kissel’s Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group and has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, and indenture trustees across multiple industries. Prior to joining the firm, he was a law clerk for Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones in the Southern District of Texas. Patouhas holds a bachelor’s […]

Alan Tantleff is a senior managing director with FTI Consulting and the leader of the Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure industry practice. With more than 30 years of experience in lodging, gaming, and real estate investment and development, Tantleff applies his broad background and experience in hospitality to a wide variety of engagements, with a particular […]

Zahara Kassam is a senior director with FTI Consulting and has over 15 years of experience as a hotel investor, asset manager, and brand partner. She applies her strategic, financial, and operational background to support clients with bankruptcy and financial restructuring engagements, as well as litigation support, valuation advisory, and transaction services. Kassam sits on […]

Shelby Nace is an associate with DLA Piper LLP (US) in Dallas and focuses her practice in the area of financial restructuring. She has experience representing both debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 matters across a variety of industries, distressed sales and acquisitions, and out-of-court restructurings. Nace holds a law degree from the University of […]

Jamila Justine Willis is a partner with DLA Piper LLP (US) in New York and serves as co-chair of the Consumer Goods and Retail sector, a member of the firm’s Policy Committee, and chair of the New York Restructuring Practice Group. She focuses her practice on financial and corporate restructuring and has extensive experience representing […]

Katie Allison is an associate with DLA Piper LLP (US) in Chicago and advises on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, restructurings, and bankruptcies, both domestically and abroad. She has experience representing both buyers and sellers in healthy and distressed transactions (both in and out of bankruptcy). Allison holds a law degree from Northwestern University and […]

Sheryl P. Giugliano is a partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C. and a member of the Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice Group and the Corporate and Securities Department. Her experience includes restructuring, bankruptcy, and litigation. She works with companies facing solvency issues to identify a solution and implement a strategic response, which includes negotiating with […]